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WD WD20PURX

Purple 2TB (2014)

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Release date: Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 66.2% (153rd of 1015)

more Based on 19,126 user benchmarks.  Models: WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0B1, WDC WD20PURX-89P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-78AKYY0, WD20PURX-68P8ZY0, WD20PURX-08EUEE, WDC WD20PURX-64E6EY0, WDC WD20PURX-64D85T0, WDC WD20PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P, WDC WD20PURX-70P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-69PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-69AKYY0, WDC WD20PURX-89P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-85D8PB0, WDC WD20PURX-64EFGY0, WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64A, WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WD20PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-64GVNYO, WD20PURX-08DJEU, WDC WD20PURX-64VNY0, WD20PURX-001CA0, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD20 PURX-78P6ZYO, WDC WD20 PURX-64PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-08U6AA0, WDC WD20PURX-60GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-25T0FY0, WDC WD20PURX-64E5EYO, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZYO, WDC WD20PURX-64N96Y0, WDC WD20PURX-78P, WDC WD20 PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6EY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64GVNY0, WDC WD20PURX-78P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64E5EY0, WDC WD20 PURX-64P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD20PURX-74P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-60P6ZY0, WD20PURX-64E5EY0, WD20PURX-08JDJD, WD20PURX-64D85Y0, WDC WD20PURX-64PFUY0, WDC WD20PURX-64AKYY0, WDC WD20 PURX-89P6ZY0, WDC WD20PURX-89P

The WD Purple is a surveillance drive with low power consumption and a design that's optimized for 24x7 operation. There is actually little beyond marketing that separates the Purple from the Red and Green drives. They all share almost identical hardware. The thing that does differentiate the Purple drives is their firmware which supports AllFrame, a surveillance specific feature. Allframe handles the cache in a way that is optimized for video streams. The AllFrame technology however is only enabled when used in conjunction with a supported host controller, most of which are only found in dedicated NVR (Network Video Recording) devices. As a result there is no benefit in using this drive in a HTPC to record video streams, because the surveillance specific functions won't be enabled. In terms of effective speed the Purple lags the new Red and Green drives by around 26%. [Oct '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 39%Average: 66.2% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The WD Purple 2TB (2014) averaged 33.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.89MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.25MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD Purple 2TB (2014) is 47.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the WD Purple 2TB (2014) performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19,126 samples)
Rank 15366.2%
Min Avg Max
66.8 Read 116 152
65.9 Write 115 148
29.9 Mixed 62.2 79
60.9 SusWrite 115 151
74.7% 102 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.74 0.9
1.1 4K Write 2.25 2.7
0.5 4K Mixed 0.89 1
172% 1.29 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 140 140 137 MB/s
82.1% Excellent
Read 146
Write 141
Mixed 87.1
SusWrite 139
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.43 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 132 132 132 131 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 127
Write 136
Mixed 70.1
SusWrite 131
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 124 139 134 136 140 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 116
Write 109
Mixed 68.6
SusWrite 135
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.5 MB/s
972GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 72 72 73 MB/s
51.2% Above average
Read 106
Write 110
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 72.3
63% 85.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,961,106 HDDs tested

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Workstation 191%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z590-E GAMING WIFI

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Core i9-11900KIntel  $270Bench 103%, 44,319 samples2,826x
Core i7-11700KIntel  $240Bench 101%, 65,651 samples2,334x
Core i9-10900KIntel  $470Bench 100%, 107,269 samples805x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $501Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,229x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $635Bench 204%, 155,335 samples1,135x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,350Bench 210%, 158,856 samples984x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 385%, 327,441 samples1,014x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $117Bench 310%, 455,997 samples733x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $170Bench 402%, 182,136 samples501x
RAM
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 89%, 95,273 samples324x
CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 85%, 54,117 samples261x
Skill Intl F4-3200C16-16GTZR 2x16GBGBench 91%, 10,357 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $888

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